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mm The armed services blood program is

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working hard to ensure troops in

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Afghanistan have enough blood on hand

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to help save the lives of those injured

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in combat . But sometimes it's just not

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enough . I only have about 50 of these .

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About 50 of these at any given time .

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Um Sometimes we get patients that take

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35 to 50 units , all by themselves .

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The demand for blood combined with its

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short shelf life has pushed medical

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staff to hold blood drives in theater

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in order to keep up with the need . But

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this is about 300 to 400 mL of blood .

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Human body I believe has 4.5 liters of

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blood in it plus or minus half a liter .

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Someone needs a lot of blood . We go

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through what we have here first and

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then we do a whole blood drive

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deploying units are also doing their

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part to lend support for the cause .

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Should the need for an in theater blood

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draw arise before we got here . We

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actually had identified the blood type

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for every soldier . So that if they

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called for a specific blood type that

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we would be able to send the correct

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person up here specialist josette part

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ham assures that there's nothing to

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worry about . If you're intimidated by

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the thought of giving blood , it's a

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painless process . It's a painless

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process is the needle goes in quickly

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before you even know it and is done

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before you know it . So just relax .

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You'll be taken care of . So whether

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you're back home in the States or

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deployed to Afghanistan donate blood

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because you could make a difference and

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help save a life . Please donate blood .

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And it's uh , it's precious out here .

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It saves people's lives ,

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mm .